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LD8 local market report Presteigne

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 2,048 sales registered with HM Land Registry in LD8 (Presteigne) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales data to December 2025. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

LD8 is the postcode district covering Presteigne, New Radnor, Norton in Presteigne. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.

Where LD8 sits

Click the map to open LD8 on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

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£272,500median sold price, 2026
+13%five-year change (cash)
64sales in the last 12 months
2.7%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in LD8 sells for

The 2026 median in LD8 is £272,500, from 8 registered sales; the mean, £378,100, sits well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so LD8 trades 1% below the country as a whole.

The price of a typical LD8 home, 1995 to 2026

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £51,300 at the time · £108,914 in today's money · 29 sales1996: £60,000 at the time · £123,582 in today's money · 50 sales1997: £65,500 at the time · £131,190 in today's money · 56 sales1998: £67,800 at the time · £133,663 in today's money · 53 sales1999: £67,000 at the time · £130,409 in today's money · 67 sales2000: £91,000 at the time · £174,417 in today's money · 68 sales2001: £122,500 at the time · £230,000 in today's money · 62 sales2002: £125,000 at the time · £229,694 in today's money · 71 sales2003: £150,000 at the time · £269,883 in today's money · 81 sales2004: £180,000 at the time · £319,280 in today's money · 87 sales2005: £189,000 at the time · £328,489 in today's money · 68 sales2006: £207,500 at the time · £351,781 in today's money · 55 sales2007: £220,000 at the time · £364,466 in today's money · 82 sales2008: £176,000 at the time · £281,763 in today's money · 45 sales2009: £159,800 at the time · £250,881 in today's money · 46 sales2010: £200,000 at the time · £306,326 in today's money · 47 sales2011: £160,000 at the time · £235,897 in today's money · 39 sales2012: £191,000 at the time · £274,563 in today's money · 48 sales2013: £186,800 at the time · £262,509 in today's money · 64 sales2014: £188,000 at the time · £260,482 in today's money · 59 sales2015: £235,000 at the time · £324,300 in today's money · 57 sales2016: £205,000 at the time · £280,099 in today's money · 88 sales2017: £228,800 at the time · £304,772 in today's money · 94 sales2018: £220,000 at the time · £286,415 in today's money · 82 sales2019: £216,500 at the time · £277,152 in today's money · 74 sales2020: £228,200 at the time · £289,179 in today's money · 70 sales2021: £241,000 at the time · £298,011 in today's money · 98 sales2022: £248,800 at the time · £284,933 in today's money · 88 sales2023: £292,000 at the time · £313,344 in today's money · 81 sales2024: £275,000 at the time · £285,553 in today's money · 75 sales2025: £305,000 at the time · £305,000 in today's money · 56 sales2026: £272,500 at the time · £272,500 in today's money · 8 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£272,500£272,5008
2025£305,000£305,00056
2024£275,000£285,55375
2023£292,000£313,34481
2022£248,800£284,93388
2021£241,000£298,01198
2020£228,200£289,17970
2019£216,500£277,15274
2018£220,000£286,41582
2017£228,800£304,77294
2016£205,000£280,09988
2015£235,000£324,30057
2014£188,000£260,48259
2013£186,800£262,50964
2012£191,000£274,56348
2011£160,000£235,89739
2010£200,000£306,32647
2009£159,800£250,88146
2008£176,000£281,76345
2007£220,000£364,46682
2006£207,500£351,78155
2005£189,000£328,48968
2004£180,000£319,28087
2003£150,000£269,88381
2002£125,000£229,69471
2001£122,500£230,00062
2000£91,000£174,41768
1999£67,000£130,40967
1998£67,800£133,66353
1997£65,500£131,19056
1996£60,000£123,58250
1995£51,300£108,91429

In cash terms the typical LD8 home went from £51,300 in 1995 to £272,500 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 150%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2007; the current median sits about 25% below that. Someone who bought at the 2007 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the LD8 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+50% -50% 0% 1996 · +17.0% on the year before1997 · +9.2% on the year before1998 · +3.5% on the year before1999 · −1.2% on the year before2000 · +35.8% on the year before2001 · +34.6% on the year before2002 · +2.0% on the year before2003 · +20.0% on the year before2004 · +20.0% on the year before2005 · +5.0% on the year before2006 · +9.8% on the year before2007 · +6.0% on the year before2008 · −20.0% on the year before2009 · −9.2% on the year before2010 · +25.2% on the year before2011 · −20.0% on the year before2012 · +19.4% on the year before2013 · −2.2% on the year before2014 · +0.6% on the year before2015 · +25.0% on the year before2016 · −12.8% on the year before2017 · +11.6% on the year before2018 · −3.8% on the year before2019 · −1.6% on the year before2020 · +5.4% on the year before2021 · +5.6% on the year before2022 · +3.2% on the year before2023 · +17.4% on the year before2024 · −5.8% on the year before2025 · +10.9% on the year before2026 · −10.7% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2000 (+35.8% on the year before); the weakest, 2008 (−20.0%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)−10.7%−10.7%
5 years (since 2021)+2.5%−1.8%
10 years (since 2016)+2.9%−0.3%
20 years (since 2006)+1.4%−1.3%

Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.

Transaction volumes

How many homes change hands

Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.

50100 1995: 29 sales1996: 50 sales1997: 56 sales1998: 53 sales1999: 67 sales2000: 68 sales2001: 62 sales2002: 71 sales2003: 81 sales2004: 87 sales2005: 68 sales2006: 55 sales2007: 82 sales2008: 45 sales2009: 46 sales2010: 47 sales2011: 39 sales2012: 48 sales2013: 64 sales2014: 59 sales2015: 57 sales2016: 88 sales2017: 94 sales2018: 82 sales2019: 74 sales2020: 70 sales2021: 98 sales2022: 88 sales2023: 81 sales2024: 75 sales2025: 56 sales2026: 8 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The last five years, month by month

Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.

1020 September 2020 · 8 sales registeredOctober 2020 · 9 sales registeredNovember 2020 · 9 sales registeredDecember 2020 · 10 sales registeredFebruary 2021 · 9 sales registeredMarch 2021 · 13 sales registeredApril 2021 · 7 sales registeredMay 2021 · 6 sales registeredJune 2021 · 17 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 5 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 8 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 7 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 6 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 8 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 10 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 6 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 10 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 9 sales registeredApril 2022 · 9 sales registeredMay 2022 · 8 sales registeredJune 2022 · 7 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 4 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 6 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 8 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 5 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 10 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 6 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 6 sales registeredFebruary 2023 · 11 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 7 sales registeredApril 2023 · 7 sales registeredMay 2023 · 7 sales registeredJune 2023 · 6 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 5 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 12 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 6 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 6 sales registeredNovember 2023 · 5 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 3 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 7 sales registeredMarch 2024 · 5 sales registeredApril 2024 · 6 sales registeredMay 2024 · 6 sales registeredJune 2024 · 3 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 10 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 11 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 7 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 8 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 5 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 7 sales registeredJanuary 2025 · 4 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 7 sales registeredApril 2025 · 3 sales registeredMay 2025 · 7 sales registeredJune 2025 · 5 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 5 sales registeredAugust 2025 · 7 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 7 sales registeredOctober 2025 · 4 sales registeredDecember 2025 · 3 sales registered

LD8 recorded 64 sales in the last twelve months of data. Turnover has held fairly steady across the cycle: about 62 sales a year recently, against 72 a year before 2008. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.

What homes rent for around LD8

LD8 falls under Powys, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £620 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £461 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £951, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Powys

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £461 a month£4611 bed2 bed: £578 a month£5782 bed3 bed: £698 a month£6983 bed4+ bed: £951 a month£9514+ bed

Set against the £272,500 median sold price, £620 a month is £7,440 a year, a gross yield of 2.7%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.

Will LD8 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 13% over five years in cash but down 9% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

Ladders and snakes: five-year risers and fallers

LD8 ranks 8 of 8 in the LD area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.

Five-year change in the median, LD area districts

The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.

LD6LD6 · +38% over five years · median £270,000+38%LD4LD4 · +36% over five years · median £225,000+36%LD7LD7 · +28% over five years · median £242,000+28%LD2LD2 · +21% over five years · median £255,000+21%LD2LD2 · +21% over five years · median £255,000+21%LD5LD5 · +20% over five years · median £287,500+20%LD5LD5 · +20% over five years · median £287,500+20%LD1LD1 · +17% over five years · median £242,500+17%LD3LD3 · +13% over five years · median £267,500+13%LD8LD8 · +13% over five years · median £272,500+13%

Inside LD8, street group by street group

Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
LD8 2£272,5008

How LD8 compares nearby

Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the LD area, dearest first:

DistrictMedian5-year
LD5£287,500+20%
LD8 (this report)£272,500+13%
LD6£270,000+38%
LD3£267,500+13%
LD2£255,000+21%
LD1£242,500+17%
LD7£242,000+28%
LD4£225,000+36%

Dig further

See every individual LD8 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference LD8 price page. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.

How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.